diff --git a/core/lib/src/request/form/lenient.rs b/core/lib/src/request/form/lenient.rs
index bac3b05b..fbb47724 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/request/form/lenient.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/request/form/lenient.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ use http::uri::FromUriParam;
 /// forms = 524288
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct LenientForm<T>(crate T);
+pub struct LenientForm<T>(pub T);
 
 impl<T> LenientForm<T> {
     /// Consumes `self` and returns the parsed value.
diff --git a/core/lib/src/request/state.rs b/core/lib/src/request/state.rs
index 7bb9b2ad..be4eb5a5 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/request/state.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/request/state.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
+use Rocket;
 use request::{self, FromRequest, Request};
 use outcome::Outcome;
 use http::Status;
@@ -78,6 +79,29 @@ use http::Status;
 ///     }
 /// }
 /// ```
+///
+/// # Testing with `State`
+///
+/// When unit testing your application, you may find it necessary to manually
+/// construct a type of `State` to pass to your functions. To do so, use the
+/// [`State::from()`] static method:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # #![feature(proc_macro_hygiene, decl_macro)]
+/// # #[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+/// use rocket::State;
+///
+/// struct MyManagedState(usize);
+///
+/// #[get("/")]
+/// fn handler(state: State<MyManagedState>) -> String {
+///     state.0.to_string()
+/// }
+///
+/// let rocket = rocket::ignite().manage(MyManagedState(127));
+/// let state = State::from(&rocket).expect("managing `MyManagedState`");
+/// assert_eq!(handler(state), "127");
+/// ```
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct State<'r, T: Send + Sync + 'static>(&'r T);
 
@@ -112,6 +136,33 @@ impl<'r, T: Send + Sync + 'static> State<'r, T> {
     pub fn inner(&self) -> &'r T {
         self.0
     }
+
+    /// Returns the managed state value in `rocket` for the type `T` if it is
+    /// being managed by `rocket`. Otherwise, returns `None`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use rocket::State;
+    ///
+    /// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+    /// struct Managed(usize);
+    ///
+    /// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+    /// struct Unmanaged(usize);
+    ///
+    /// let rocket = rocket::ignite().manage(Managed(7));
+    ///
+    /// let state: Option<State<Managed>> = State::from(&rocket);
+    /// assert_eq!(state.map(|s| s.inner()), Some(&Managed(7)));
+    ///
+    /// let state: Option<State<Unmanaged>> = State::from(&rocket);
+    /// assert_eq!(state, None);
+    /// ```
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn from(rocket: &'r Rocket) -> Option<Self> {
+        rocket.state.try_get::<T>().map(State)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'r, T: Send + Sync + 'static> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for State<'r, T> {
diff --git a/examples/state/src/tests.rs b/examples/state/src/tests.rs
index f2b060a1..d27faf6a 100644
--- a/examples/state/src/tests.rs
+++ b/examples/state/src/tests.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ fn test_count() {
     assert_eq!(get_count(&client), 100);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_raw_state_count() {
+    use rocket::State;
+    use super::{count, index};
+
+    let rocket = super::rocket();
+
+    assert_eq!(count(State::from(&rocket).unwrap()), "0");
+    assert!(index(State::from(&rocket).unwrap()).0.contains("Visits: 1"));
+    assert_eq!(count(State::from(&rocket).unwrap()), "1");
+}
+
 // Cargo runs each test in parallel on different threads. We use all of these
 // tests below to show (and assert) that state is managed per-Rocket instance.
 #[test] fn test_count_parallel() { test_count() }